Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25
लक्ष्मतीर्थस्य तोये स सर्वपातकनाशने । सानुजो मासमेकं तु सस्नौ नियमपूर्वकम्
lakṣmatīrthasya toye sa sarvapātakanāśane | sānujo māsamekaṃ tu sasnau niyamapūrvakam
লক্ষ্মী-তীৰ্থৰ পবিত্ৰ জলে—যি সকলো পাপ নাশ কৰে—তেওঁ কনিষ্ঠ ভ্ৰাতাসকলসহ এক পূৰ্ণ মাহ নিয়ম-পূৰ্বক স্নান কৰিলে।
Narrator (Purāṇic narration of vrata-like bathing regimen)
Tirtha: Lakṣmī-tīrtha
Type: kund
Scene: At a serene coastal/lagoon-like tīrtha, Yudhiṣṭhira with his younger brothers performs dawn bathing for a month—wet garments, folded hands, ascetic restraint, and a quiet aura of expiation; the tīrtha is framed as Lakṣmī’s sanctified waters.
FAQs
Sustained practice (a month of disciplined bathing) is praised as a potent means of purification and merit at a sin-destroying tīrtha.
Lakṣmī-tīrtha, whose waters are described as sarva-pātaka-nāśana (destroyers of all sins).
A month-long regimen of snāna performed niyama-pūrvaka (with vowed observances).
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